Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, 7th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073403717
ISBN 13: 978-0-07340-371-7

Chapter 7 - Bone Tissue - Study Guide - Testing Your Recall - Page 227: 12

Answer

canaliculi

Work Step by Step

Canaliculi are slender channels. Each osteocyte has delicate cytoplasmic processes that reach into the canaliculi to contact the processes from neighboring osteocytes.
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